Elementary Education, MA

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission into a graduate program at WVU an applicant must submit official, bachelor's degree transcripts from a regionally accredited institution and hold a GPA of at least 2.75. WVU operates decentralized admissions. Decentralized admissions allows each graduate program to set its own application requirements in addition to the University requirements.

• Admission Requirements

  Prospective graduate students at WVU are urged to initiate application for admission as early as possible.

  Applicants must:

  • Submit a WVU application for graduate admission.
  • Hold a bachelor's degree with a 2.75 GPA or above
  • Submit a one-page goal statement. This statement should contain professional experiences, career ambitions and will be considered as a writing sample.

  Test Requirements

  Passing scores on the Praxis CORE Academic Skills for Educators tests in reading, writing and math. (Reading, 156; Writing, 162; and Math, 150). The combined test code is #5752.

  Waivers may be requested for one of the reasons below:

  ACT

  • Composite score of 25 on the ACT (prior to 1989)
  • Combined score in English and Reading of 34 with a minimum score of 17 for each area and a minimum Math score of 21 (effective November 1989)

  Scores can be taken from multiple sittings of test administrations and from superscores.

  SAT

  • 1035 on the SAT (prior to 1995)
  • 1125 on the re-centered SAT (effective April 1995)
  • 1170 on the revised SAT using the combined Critical Reading and Math score (effective March 2005)
  • New SAT score of 480 using the combined Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (this is the Verbal score) and a score of 530 in Math (effective May 2016)

  Scores can be taken from multiple sittings of test administrations and from superscores.

  GRE

  • Attained from a single administration a combined score of 800 verbal and quantitative (prior to November 2011)
  • Minimum 286 on the GRE (after November 2011)

  Deadline for all program requirements: August 1

• Application Deadlines

  Each graduate program sets their own terms for admission and application deadlines. Applicants can only apply for admission for the terms displayed below. Any questions regarding the application deadline should be directed to the graduate program representative.

  • Fall: August 1